What do you find in your local record store?

[crystalline_]

I don't buy CD's so I know little to nothing on the matter... I was at a record shop downtown that had the largest CD collection I'd ever seen and they had all of Stevie's releases. Including SA, Timespace, etc...

As far as records, I've hit a relatively large number of vinyl shops and I've seen Bella Donna a ton of times, and Rock A Little once (picked that one up at the time). Never saw Wild Heart, to the annoyance that I finally ordered it online. I've also seen Crystal Visions and 24 KG on vinyl in shops.

[welcomechris]

I went the other day and saw a million 24 Karat Gold copies. I also saw two beat up Bella Donna's and some very nice Clear Vinyl Crystal Visions.

[James89]

From what I've heard so far, it seems to me as though copies of Bella Donna are not that hard to find in the US but they certainly are here in the UK.

As far as vinyl is concerned, I've been to three local used record stores and every time there seems to be a few copies of Rock a Little. I know it went gold here in the UK but I can't believe how many copies I keep finding as opposed to TWH, BD and especially TOSOTM which was very popular over here. However, I know that TOSOTM was most popular on CD format back in 1989 where it reached #1 on that format but #3 on the overall album sales chart, maybe that's why.

Thanks for posting guys, this is interesting!

[SpyNote]

I don't usually find rare things in the local record shop. There are so few of them around these days that the most rabid collectors have already snapped up what little the one or two shops can keep in stock. I do occasionally find Fleetwood Mac live bootlegs though, which tend to be more expensive. I do 99% of my collecting online, with the remaining 1% devoted to music shows and that elusive record shop.

[GarboSpeaks!]

I'm an avid record hunter and will seek out a record store in any town I'm passing thru. I'm thankful that in Northern California there were still an abundance of record stores, now in Oregon it's a rich market and I was just in LA & back in Nor Cal not long ago and each visit I made the pilgrimage to Ameoba records. What I'm finding these days is little to no "vintage" stuff but a bevy of bootlegs items (Buckingham Nicks in particular) or the new releases such as 24kg & the re-released CV on clear vinyl. But EVERYTHING in the FM section is the new re mastered stuff-pre BN up to the GH. Stores here in Oregon state how they can't keep a copy of Rumours on vinyl or CD in stock, old, new...makes no matter. Crazy that it still sells like that!
Records are being sold in BB&B and Barnes & Noble, Hot Topics, American Apparel,etc. But it's all new releases or re prints. I suppose atleast records are selling...it's something.